Ugly Sweater for Christmas

Posted on October 10, 2017 in Cards, Christmas, Coloring, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques

Hello everyone, what do you think about an ugly sweater? I have one and I love it, specially because it looks like my card. This is one of the most beautiful stamp sets for Christmas projects and today I present it to you on a white and red card. Take a look at my card:

This stamp set is one of these 6″x8″ Joy Clair Stamp Sets that you want to use for all. It is called Ugly Sweater Background Builder and it has 8 different Christmas stamps. For my card, I only used three of these stamps.

STEP BY STEP

I started working on this card by heat embossing Ugly Sweater background builder in Clear embossing powder after stamping the image with Delicata Ink Ruby Red onto Whisper White cardstock. On this project I decided to keep the lines in vertical style and it was easy – I used my MISTI to make it easier to stamp it and also to be able to double stamp it for perfect impression.

I trimmed my panel to 4 x 5 1/4″ and mounted onto a whisper white card base. To create a sentiment for this project I looked for a message that would have a word “warm” in it, since the background is reminiscent of a sweater I wanted my message to go well with the print. I picked one that reads “Merry Christmas” from the Christmas Coffee set and embellished with a leave, that it is also included on the same stamp set, that I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Prismacolor Premier pencils and fussy cut with scissors. On the center leaves I used a big crystal red rhinestone.

I hope my project inspired you and you are working on your Christmas projects too. HERE in Joy Clair Stamps you can find a great selection of stamps perfect for this season and very easy to work with.

SUPPLY LIST

Ugly Sweater Background Builder Shop at: JC	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Shop at: KS | SU | HLM	Whisper White Cardstock Shop at: SU	Christmas Coffee Stamp Set Shop at: JC	Delicata Ruby Red Shop at: SB | HLM
Heat Tool Shop at: SU	Milwakee/Wagner Heat Tool Shop at: SB | HLM	MISTI Original Shop at: Suzy | SB | HLM